Academy Riding Stables

4 El Paso Blvd, Colorado Springs, Colorado

3.5

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14 reviews

88% of guests recommend this place.

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They suit your horse to your experience level. more on Yahoo! Travel

The staff were the most professional I have ever seen in this type of business. more on Yahoo! Travel

Staff was friendly and competent. more on Yahoo! Travel

It appears that this company cares more about money, rather than patient safety, patient satisfaction, and their reputation, as I will never go there again. more on Yahoo! Travel

I loved the experience. more on Yahoo! Travel

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10 reviews

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Our wrangler Rusty did a great job. 10 of us went together, did the 2 hour ride. Please remember, horses are 1,000+ pound ANIMALS. They will act ... more on TripAdvisor

If you are wanting a horseback adventure, then this place is for you - but I'm not crazy about horses. The horses are well trained and have done the trails so much, that it's almost ... more on TripAdvisor

Three hour tour totally worth the money. You get the chance to see the whole park with the guide stopping so you can take photos. All staff very personable. Semi-aggressive riding was ... more on TripAdvisor

Took the two-hour trip with my daughter. She loved her sweet Thoroughbred, Cash, and I was treated to a ride with the lovely Daisy. Trail guides were perfect. Can't ... more on TripAdvisor

My husband and I visited Colorado Springs for our anniversary and did the three hour ride. Rusty was an awesome tour guide and it was just the three of us. He was very nice, knowledgable, and made sur ... more on TripAdvisor

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4 reviews

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Staff was friendly and competent. The stables were clean. Horses were appropriate to riding skills. Everything was great. We ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This was so very cool. We went horsebacking riding in the Garden of the Gods. We went on very narrow trails, but the horses ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We had an excellent time, but plan for poor weather in the afternoons during the summer months. When we arrived there was poring rain, thunder and lightning and the people in front of us wanted to cancel their reservation. The cashier ... more on Yahoo! Travel

They only allow walking of the horses in the park. Its not the fault of the stables, its a park rule. However, having said that, it was a perfect day for the riding. They suit your horse to your experience level. We did the perimeter ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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This was my first horseback ride (at 55 yrs young) and I was nervous, but the staff at Academy answered all of my questions and made me feel very comfortable. The horse they chose for me was perfect! He was a gentle giant (a Clydesdale), ... more on Yahoo! Travel

For the first time ever in my life, I was denied permission to ride at a stables due to my weight: I am a very athletic 6'-4" and 260 lbs. and have ridden at stables all across the Southwest for years, but was told it was ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I was thrown from my horse on a ride through the Garden of the Gods. I was an inexperienced rider and my horse took off to a full run for no apparent reason. I tryed to get ahold of the owners to get a partial refund (I paid for a ... more on Yahoo! Travel

During my two hour ride, I had a young teenage girl riding behind me and was not following the one horse distance companies policy with the horse in front of you. At the beginning of this ride, this girl behind me yelled out "my ... more on Yahoo! Travel